Shovel.



J. ROBETAILLE.

SHOVEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3. I9I5. RENSWED MAY 21.1918.

1,289,916. Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

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JOSEPH ROBETAILLE, 0F ST. BONIFACE, MANITOBA, CANADA.

SHOVEL.

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Application filed March 3, 1915, Serial No. 11,828.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH RoBETAipLE, of the city of St. Boniface, inthe Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shovels, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in shovels and the object of theinvention is to provide a shovel which can be used for the ordinarypurposes of a shovel as Well as a shaker for screening material scoopedup by it. A further object of the invention'is to provide a shovel ofthe above class which is simple in design, inexpensive to construct anddurable when in use.

With the above objects in view the invention consists essentially in aperforated scoop shaped body fitted with a handle, a swinging closureend piece and means for manipulating the end piece to open or closedpositions, the parts being arranged and constiucted as hereinafter moreparticularly described and later pointed out in the appended claim.

Figure l represents a perspective view of my improved shovel with theswinging end piece closed.

Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of my shovel with the swinging endpiece open.

Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal sectional view through the shovel.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

l represents a shovel or scoop tted with the usual upturned and meetingsides and end, 2, 3 and 4t respectively.

rIhe forward upper corners of the sides are out away as shown at 2 and 3while the body of the shovel is perforated as shown at 5 and slightlybellied.

6 is a handle secured to the shovel in the ordinary way such as byfitting the inner end thereof within a socket 7 and fastening it inposition by rivets 8. n

9 is a swinging closure end having the body portion thereof of a lengthequal to the width of the shovel and of a height equal to the sidesthereof.

The end piece has the extremities 9 and 92 thereof turned backwardly atright angles to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

Renewed May 27, 1918. Serial No. 236,922.

the body and connected pivotally by means of rivets or such like 10 and11 to the sides of the shovel. This end piece is reinforced by applyinga cross strip 12 to the upper edge thereof and it is designed normallyto close the forward end of the shovel, the said end piece having, inthe closed position, the lower edge thereof bearing on the forward edgeof the shovel body, lwhich it will be noticed projects, as indicated at1, beyond the sides.

13 is a rod having the forward end thereof formed into an eye 13 whichis hooked around the reinforcing cross piece of the swinging end.

The rear end of the rod is formed into a loop 132 so that the rod can bereadily manipulated by an attendant grasping the loop.

The body of the handle is fitted with a longitudinally disposed groovelet which receives a portion of the rod which it will be noticed isslightly bent and the rod is retained within this groove by a sleeve 15fastened permanently to the handle.

In using the article for shoveling purposes,the adjustable end is swungupwardly, by pulling on the rod, to the position shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawing. The material to be shoveled is then free to enter the shovel inthe usual way through the open end. If it is desired to shake or screenthe material placed in the shovel, the adjustable end is thrown down bypushing the rod forwardly and then the shovel is reciprocated or shakento allow the finer material to pass through the perforations.

The spring of the rod, in the pulled back position, acts automaticallyto hold back the swinging end in the set open position.

What I claim as my invention is The combination with a shovel havingupturned side walls and back, an open front and a perforated bottom anda swinging closure end piece for the open front of the shovel having theends thereof pivotally at'- tached to the sides of the shovel and an up-Iwardly inclined extending handle attached to the back of the shovel andprovided with a longitudinally disposed groove, of an actuating rodhaving the forward end thereof extending over the top of the shovel andpivotally attached to the upper edge of the closure p'ece and the rearend thereof slicl- Sgneclatlnnpeg, this 10th clay of YFeloably reoelvedWithin the groove n the han* ruary 1915.

dle and terminating in a loop and a sleeve JOSEPH ROBETALLE. permanentlymounted on the handle to frc- In the presence of- Y 5 tonally engage therod and retaining the G. S. ROXBURGH,

rod Within the groove. y S. SILVERT.

Copies of; this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

